Re: PBM die rolls

From: Richard Rognlie <rrognlie@erols.com>

Date: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Rodney Schuler wrote:
>
> G C <Warloc@webtv.net> wrote in article
> <65sljd$2q8$1@newsd-121.bryant.webtv.net>...
> > Many years ago, a friend of mine who owns a game store was PBMing Squad
> > Leader with a friend (unmoderated) and they were using stock market
> > tables for random die rolls.  Is anyone familiar with this, and if so,
> > can you explain it to me?
> >
> > Glen
> > warloc@webtv.net
> >
> I also did this.  The method my friend (hi darrell!) used went something
> like this.
> Use the price of the specified stock on the specified day modulo
> (the remainder of a division) the size of the die.
>
> made up example:
> date Dec 3
>              price     die   roll
> IBM          71         d6    5
> GM           52 1/4     d10   2
> Ford         42 1/8     d4    2
> Microsoft    137        d6    5

Unfortunately, this does not yield a terribly random result if the
stocks named are not sufficiently volatile.  A better number to use
is the number of shares traded.  and then use that figure as the
numerator in the modulo division.

Richard Rognlie
Sr. Web Administrator
Erol's Internet

References

PBM die rolls
Warloc@webtv.net (G C)
Sun, 30 Nov 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: PBM die rolls
"Rodney Schuler" <rodney_spamproofing_@cimtech.com>
Tue, 02 Dec 1997 00:00:00 +0000

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PBM die rolls
Warloc@webtv.net (G C)
Sun, 30 Nov 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: PBM die rolls
"Rodney Schuler" <rodney_spamproofing_@cimtech.com>
Tue, 02 Dec 1997 00:00:00 +0000